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DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.
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Enderythralgia
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəɹɪˈθɹældʒiə/
Sentence: Enderythralgia is quite common and most medical experts consider it a rational response, and thus not a true pathology. Endomelanalgia (pain caused by _not_ being in the red) is a much rarer and more serious condition.
Etymology: end- (in) + erythr- (red) + -algia (pain) "pain caused by being in the red"
Signusheadache
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sign/us/hed/ake
Sentence: I don't know which was worse, my signusheadache or the carpal tunnel in my writing wrist after mall hopping on Saturday.
Etymology: sign + sinus headache
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COMMENTS:
That type of charging always leads to delay-aw-ache at night. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 06:45:00
nightmares such as "A mall and the night visitors" - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 11:30:00
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Penitension
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: pen-i-ten-shen
Sentence: Carol's penitension headache worsened the day her Visa statement arrived and she realized she'd have to explain the new carpet to Jim.
Etymology: penitence: to express guilt or remorse (usually to a confessor)+ tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- often manifested in a headache called a Tension Headache
Credache
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: KRED-eyk
Sentence: After three hours on hold with her bank, Jackie's credache was debtamorphosing into an arrearache.
Etymology: credit + headache
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COMMENTS:
sounds debititating. - petaj, 2007-07-04: 03:46:00
sounds like a contageous strain of sellyoulitis. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 06:24:00
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Newralgia
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: newer/algia
Sentence: He developed a serious case of newralgia when he replaced all his appliances with new ones.
Etymology: neuralgia + new
Sinvoice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sinˌvois
Sentence: In order to compensiate for her breakup with her boyfriend, Joyce went on a shopping spree. She went through a considerable amount of plasticoin. Her euophoria lasted nearly a month until the sinvoice arrived.
Etymology: sin (an act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offense) + invoice (a list of goods sent or services provided, with a statement of the sum due for these; a bill)
Tabtion
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: TAB-shun
Sentence: Rick put the 48'' plasma-screen TV on his credit card because he wanted it so much, but later had a tabtion headache over the fact that the minimum payment was twelve hundred dollars a month.
Etymology: Tab and tension
Comments:
Sounds debititating!
Oops, that was meant to be a comment on credache!
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James